Here's the group of new trainers! This photo was taken at the end of the Training of Trainers 1 in La Gonave.
This trainer is presenting his groups ideas on how to obtain information from the communities in which they serve. Instead of formal (and often inaccurate) surveys, the groups suggest spending time forming relationships, talking with village elders and children, and using their five senses in observation.
In groups of two the trainers practice sharing about God's plan for us to live abundantly.
In between classes we use songs and dances to keep ourselves awake and keep the training fun. In Nicaragua I had learned one with lots of movements about planting and harvesting corn. While in Bolivia the group we trained invented a version using yucca (which has about twice as many steps!). Both corn and yucca are big crops here. So with Kreyol translation in hand, here I am leading the group in the life cycle of yucca! Haha! They had to show me the "real"movements since of course they know much more about yucca than I do.
We use a lot of sketches, too. Above you see trainers acting out the story of the paralytic and his four friends going to Jesus. We use this story to talk about key concepts in development: finding and using local resources, perseverance, love, and hope.
Here are my co-facilitators and our host: Enoch, Erigeur, Enick (our host), Lucson, and Sully (Enick's colleague). In this picture we're on a hill on the island and you can see the sea and the mountains of "mainland" Haiti in the background.
Here's the group of new trainers! This photo was taken at the end of the Training of Trainers 1 in La Gonave.
This trainer is presenting his groups ideas on how to obtain information from the communities in which they serve. Instead of formal (and often inaccurate) surveys, the groups suggest spending time forming relationships, talking with village elders and children, and using their five senses in observation.
In groups of two the trainers practice sharing about God's plan for us to live abundantly.
In between classes we use songs and dances to keep ourselves awake and keep the training fun. In Nicaragua I had learned one with lots of movements about planting and harvesting corn. While in Bolivia the group we trained invented a version using yucca (which has about twice as many steps!). Both corn and yucca are big crops here. So with Kreyol translation in hand, here I am leading the group in the life cycle of yucca! Haha! They had to show me the "real"movements since of course they know much more about yucca than I do.
We use a lot of sketches, too. Above you see trainers acting out the story of the paralytic and his four friends going to Jesus. We use this story to talk about key concepts in development: finding and using local resources, perseverance, love, and hope.
Here are my co-facilitators and our host: Enoch, Erigeur, Enick (our host), Lucson, and Sully (Enick's colleague). In this picture we're on a hill on the island and you can see the sea and the mountains of "mainland" Haiti in the background.
